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Topic:- DU_J18_MSC_ANTHRO
Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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DU MSc Anthropology
Topic:- DU_J18_MSC_ANTHRO
Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
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DU MSc Anthropology
Topic:- DU_J18_MSC_ANTHRO
Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
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DU MSc Anthropology
Topic:- DU_J18_MSC_ANTHRO
Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
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Topic:- DU_J18_MSC_ANTHRO
Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
42)
43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
42)
43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
42)
43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
55)
56)
57)
58)
59)
60)
1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
42)
43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
55)
56)
57)
58)
59)
60)
1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
61)
62)
63)
64)
65)
1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
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14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
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43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
55)
56)
57)
58)
59)
60)
1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
61)
62)
63)
64)
65)
1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
66)
67)
68)
69)
70)
71)
The famous ?Fox Project? was guided by
[Question ID = 18821]
1. Marvin Harris. [Option ID = 45278]
2. Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
3. George P. Murdock [Option ID = 45276]
4. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45277]
Correct Answer :-
Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
The first Director of Anthropological Survey of India was
[Question ID = 18851]
1. S.C. Roy [Option ID = 45396]
2. N. K. Bose. [Option ID = 45395]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
4. G.S.Ghurye [Option ID = 45397]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
The Cross Cultural Cumulative Coding Center (The 5 C?s ) has been developed by
[Question ID = 18833]
1. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45323]
2. Franz Boas. [Option ID = 45324]
3. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45325]
Correct Answer :-
G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
The advisory committee for the revision of the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribal is also known as
[Question ID = 18861]
1. Ghurye committee [Option ID = 45438]
2. Shilu Ao committee [Option ID = 45437]
3. Elwin committee [Option ID = 45436]
4. Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
Correct Answer :-
Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
The period referring to the process of growth from birth up to 28 days of life is-
[Question ID = 18837]
1. Postnatal [Option ID = 45339]
2. Infancy [Option ID = 45340]
3. Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
4. Prenatal [Option ID = 45341]
Correct Answer :-
Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
The book ?Homo Hierarchicus? is authored by
[Question ID = 18791]
1. Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
2. M.N.Srinivas [Option ID = 45156]
3. G.S. Ghurye [Option ID = 45158]
4. Gerald Berreman [Option ID = 45157]
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DU MSc Anthropology
Topic:- DU_J18_MSC_ANTHRO
Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
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3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
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1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
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1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
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[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
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[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
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Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
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1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
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1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
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1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
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The famous ?Fox Project? was guided by
[Question ID = 18821]
1. Marvin Harris. [Option ID = 45278]
2. Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
3. George P. Murdock [Option ID = 45276]
4. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45277]
Correct Answer :-
Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
The first Director of Anthropological Survey of India was
[Question ID = 18851]
1. S.C. Roy [Option ID = 45396]
2. N. K. Bose. [Option ID = 45395]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
4. G.S.Ghurye [Option ID = 45397]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
The Cross Cultural Cumulative Coding Center (The 5 C?s ) has been developed by
[Question ID = 18833]
1. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45323]
2. Franz Boas. [Option ID = 45324]
3. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45325]
Correct Answer :-
G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
The advisory committee for the revision of the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribal is also known as
[Question ID = 18861]
1. Ghurye committee [Option ID = 45438]
2. Shilu Ao committee [Option ID = 45437]
3. Elwin committee [Option ID = 45436]
4. Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
Correct Answer :-
Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
The period referring to the process of growth from birth up to 28 days of life is-
[Question ID = 18837]
1. Postnatal [Option ID = 45339]
2. Infancy [Option ID = 45340]
3. Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
4. Prenatal [Option ID = 45341]
Correct Answer :-
Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
The book ?Homo Hierarchicus? is authored by
[Question ID = 18791]
1. Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
2. M.N.Srinivas [Option ID = 45156]
3. G.S. Ghurye [Option ID = 45158]
4. Gerald Berreman [Option ID = 45157]
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Correct Answer :-
Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
The study of methods under social control directed towards improving the hereditary constitution of future human generations is
[Question ID = 18847]
1. Ergonomics [Option ID = 45382]
2. Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
3. Genetics [Option ID = 45379]
4. Physiology [Option ID = 45381]
Correct Answer :-
Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
The energy giving foods which include starch of cereals and sugar from sugarcane and fruits are-
[Question ID = 18829]
1. Vitamins [Option ID = 45310]
2. Proteins [Option ID = 45308]
3. Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
4. Minerals [Option ID = 45309]
Correct Answer :-
Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
The mixture of homozygous and heterozygous genes of a population in a state of equilibrium is called:
[Question ID = 18878]
1. Multiple alleles [Option ID = 45505]
2. Transient polymorphism [Option ID = 45504]
3. Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
4. Genetic equilibrium. [Option ID = 45506]
Correct Answer :-
Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
The classical definition of culture by E. B. Tylor appeared in the year
[Question ID = 18830]
1. 1871 [Option ID = 45313]
2. 1879 [Option ID = 45311]
3. 1870 [Option ID = 45312]
4. 1872 [Option ID = 45314]
Correct Answer :-
1871 [Option ID = 45313]
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with
[Question ID = 18811]
1. Economic development and educational opportunities for Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45238]
2. Atrocities and crime against Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45237]
3. Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
4. Reservation for the Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45235]
Correct Answer :-
Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
The idea of ?original affluent society? for hunting and gathering subsistence was proposed by
[Question ID = 18840]
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Topic:- DU_J18_MSC_ANTHRO
Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
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3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
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1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
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1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
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[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
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[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
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Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
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1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
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1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
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1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
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The famous ?Fox Project? was guided by
[Question ID = 18821]
1. Marvin Harris. [Option ID = 45278]
2. Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
3. George P. Murdock [Option ID = 45276]
4. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45277]
Correct Answer :-
Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
The first Director of Anthropological Survey of India was
[Question ID = 18851]
1. S.C. Roy [Option ID = 45396]
2. N. K. Bose. [Option ID = 45395]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
4. G.S.Ghurye [Option ID = 45397]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
The Cross Cultural Cumulative Coding Center (The 5 C?s ) has been developed by
[Question ID = 18833]
1. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45323]
2. Franz Boas. [Option ID = 45324]
3. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45325]
Correct Answer :-
G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
The advisory committee for the revision of the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribal is also known as
[Question ID = 18861]
1. Ghurye committee [Option ID = 45438]
2. Shilu Ao committee [Option ID = 45437]
3. Elwin committee [Option ID = 45436]
4. Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
Correct Answer :-
Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
The period referring to the process of growth from birth up to 28 days of life is-
[Question ID = 18837]
1. Postnatal [Option ID = 45339]
2. Infancy [Option ID = 45340]
3. Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
4. Prenatal [Option ID = 45341]
Correct Answer :-
Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
The book ?Homo Hierarchicus? is authored by
[Question ID = 18791]
1. Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
2. M.N.Srinivas [Option ID = 45156]
3. G.S. Ghurye [Option ID = 45158]
4. Gerald Berreman [Option ID = 45157]
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Correct Answer :-
Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
The study of methods under social control directed towards improving the hereditary constitution of future human generations is
[Question ID = 18847]
1. Ergonomics [Option ID = 45382]
2. Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
3. Genetics [Option ID = 45379]
4. Physiology [Option ID = 45381]
Correct Answer :-
Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
The energy giving foods which include starch of cereals and sugar from sugarcane and fruits are-
[Question ID = 18829]
1. Vitamins [Option ID = 45310]
2. Proteins [Option ID = 45308]
3. Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
4. Minerals [Option ID = 45309]
Correct Answer :-
Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
The mixture of homozygous and heterozygous genes of a population in a state of equilibrium is called:
[Question ID = 18878]
1. Multiple alleles [Option ID = 45505]
2. Transient polymorphism [Option ID = 45504]
3. Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
4. Genetic equilibrium. [Option ID = 45506]
Correct Answer :-
Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
The classical definition of culture by E. B. Tylor appeared in the year
[Question ID = 18830]
1. 1871 [Option ID = 45313]
2. 1879 [Option ID = 45311]
3. 1870 [Option ID = 45312]
4. 1872 [Option ID = 45314]
Correct Answer :-
1871 [Option ID = 45313]
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with
[Question ID = 18811]
1. Economic development and educational opportunities for Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45238]
2. Atrocities and crime against Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45237]
3. Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
4. Reservation for the Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45235]
Correct Answer :-
Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
The idea of ?original affluent society? for hunting and gathering subsistence was proposed by
[Question ID = 18840]
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1. Leslie A. White [Option ID = 45351]
2. Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
3. Roy Rappaport [Option ID = 45353]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45352]
Correct Answer :-
Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
The concept ?Tribal-Rajput continuum? was given by
[Question ID = 18841]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45357]
2. L. P. Vidyarthi [Option ID = 45356]
3. B. S. Guha [Option ID = 45358]
4. Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
Correct Answer :-
Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
The concept ?modal personality? was popularized by
[Question ID = 18831]
1. Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
2. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45317]
3. Geoffrey Gorer [Option ID = 45318]
4. Cora Dubois [Option ID = 45315]
Correct Answer :-
Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
The concept of ?social network? was first used by
[Question ID = 18860]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45432]
2. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45434]
3. John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
4. Kluckhohn [Option ID = 45433]
Correct Answer :-
John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
The concept of ?complimentary filiations? was given by
[Question ID = 18881]
1. Raymond Firth [Option ID = 45518]
2. Evans-Pritchard [Option ID = 45516]
3. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45517]
4. Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
Correct Answer :-
Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
The concept of folk-urban continuum was proposed by
[Question ID = 18852]
1. Teodor Shanin [Option ID = 45400]
2. Eric R. Wolf [Option ID = 45399]
3. Milton Singer [Option ID = 45402]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
Correct Answer :-
Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
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14)
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17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
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20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
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26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
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32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
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38)
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40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
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43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
55)
56)
57)
58)
59)
60)
1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
61)
62)
63)
64)
65)
1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
66)
67)
68)
69)
70)
71)
The famous ?Fox Project? was guided by
[Question ID = 18821]
1. Marvin Harris. [Option ID = 45278]
2. Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
3. George P. Murdock [Option ID = 45276]
4. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45277]
Correct Answer :-
Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
The first Director of Anthropological Survey of India was
[Question ID = 18851]
1. S.C. Roy [Option ID = 45396]
2. N. K. Bose. [Option ID = 45395]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
4. G.S.Ghurye [Option ID = 45397]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
The Cross Cultural Cumulative Coding Center (The 5 C?s ) has been developed by
[Question ID = 18833]
1. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45323]
2. Franz Boas. [Option ID = 45324]
3. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45325]
Correct Answer :-
G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
The advisory committee for the revision of the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribal is also known as
[Question ID = 18861]
1. Ghurye committee [Option ID = 45438]
2. Shilu Ao committee [Option ID = 45437]
3. Elwin committee [Option ID = 45436]
4. Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
Correct Answer :-
Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
The period referring to the process of growth from birth up to 28 days of life is-
[Question ID = 18837]
1. Postnatal [Option ID = 45339]
2. Infancy [Option ID = 45340]
3. Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
4. Prenatal [Option ID = 45341]
Correct Answer :-
Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
The book ?Homo Hierarchicus? is authored by
[Question ID = 18791]
1. Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
2. M.N.Srinivas [Option ID = 45156]
3. G.S. Ghurye [Option ID = 45158]
4. Gerald Berreman [Option ID = 45157]
72)
73)
74)
75)
76)
77)
Correct Answer :-
Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
The study of methods under social control directed towards improving the hereditary constitution of future human generations is
[Question ID = 18847]
1. Ergonomics [Option ID = 45382]
2. Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
3. Genetics [Option ID = 45379]
4. Physiology [Option ID = 45381]
Correct Answer :-
Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
The energy giving foods which include starch of cereals and sugar from sugarcane and fruits are-
[Question ID = 18829]
1. Vitamins [Option ID = 45310]
2. Proteins [Option ID = 45308]
3. Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
4. Minerals [Option ID = 45309]
Correct Answer :-
Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
The mixture of homozygous and heterozygous genes of a population in a state of equilibrium is called:
[Question ID = 18878]
1. Multiple alleles [Option ID = 45505]
2. Transient polymorphism [Option ID = 45504]
3. Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
4. Genetic equilibrium. [Option ID = 45506]
Correct Answer :-
Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
The classical definition of culture by E. B. Tylor appeared in the year
[Question ID = 18830]
1. 1871 [Option ID = 45313]
2. 1879 [Option ID = 45311]
3. 1870 [Option ID = 45312]
4. 1872 [Option ID = 45314]
Correct Answer :-
1871 [Option ID = 45313]
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with
[Question ID = 18811]
1. Economic development and educational opportunities for Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45238]
2. Atrocities and crime against Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45237]
3. Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
4. Reservation for the Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45235]
Correct Answer :-
Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
The idea of ?original affluent society? for hunting and gathering subsistence was proposed by
[Question ID = 18840]
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1. Leslie A. White [Option ID = 45351]
2. Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
3. Roy Rappaport [Option ID = 45353]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45352]
Correct Answer :-
Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
The concept ?Tribal-Rajput continuum? was given by
[Question ID = 18841]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45357]
2. L. P. Vidyarthi [Option ID = 45356]
3. B. S. Guha [Option ID = 45358]
4. Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
Correct Answer :-
Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
The concept ?modal personality? was popularized by
[Question ID = 18831]
1. Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
2. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45317]
3. Geoffrey Gorer [Option ID = 45318]
4. Cora Dubois [Option ID = 45315]
Correct Answer :-
Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
The concept of ?social network? was first used by
[Question ID = 18860]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45432]
2. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45434]
3. John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
4. Kluckhohn [Option ID = 45433]
Correct Answer :-
John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
The concept of ?complimentary filiations? was given by
[Question ID = 18881]
1. Raymond Firth [Option ID = 45518]
2. Evans-Pritchard [Option ID = 45516]
3. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45517]
4. Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
Correct Answer :-
Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
The concept of folk-urban continuum was proposed by
[Question ID = 18852]
1. Teodor Shanin [Option ID = 45400]
2. Eric R. Wolf [Option ID = 45399]
3. Milton Singer [Option ID = 45402]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
Correct Answer :-
Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
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84)
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88)
The distinction between general and specific evolution was given by
[Question ID = 18872]
1. Leslie White [Option ID = 45479]
2. Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
3. Marshall Sahlins [Option ID = 45481]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45482]
Correct Answer :-
Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
The first Alpine glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18874]
1. Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
2. Wurm [Option ID = 45489]
3. Riss [Option ID = 45488]
4. Mindel [Option ID = 45487]
Correct Answer :-
Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
The teaching of anthropology first began at
[Question ID = 18843]
1. University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
2. University of Madras [Option ID = 45363]
3. University of Delhi [Option ID = 45365]
4. University of Lucknow [Option ID = 45366]
Correct Answer :-
University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
The Blade tools were prepared by
[Question ID = 18855]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
2. Stone hammer technique [Option ID = 45412]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45414]
4. Cylinder hammer technique [Option ID = 45411]
Correct Answer :-
Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
The term Gemeinschaft refers to
[Question ID = 18793]
1. Association [Option ID = 45165]
2. Institution [Option ID = 45166]
3. Society [Option ID = 45164]
4. Community [Option ID = 45163]
Correct Answer :-
Community [Option ID = 45163]
The average cranial capacity of Homo erectus ranges from:
[Question ID = 18868]
1. 895-1040cc [Option ID = 45463]
2. 1200-1350cc. [Option ID = 45466]
3. 1120-1310cc [Option ID = 45465]
4. 1050-1200cc [Option ID = 45464]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
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3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
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1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
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1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
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35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
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41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
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Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
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50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
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57)
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60)
1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
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62)
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65)
1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
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The famous ?Fox Project? was guided by
[Question ID = 18821]
1. Marvin Harris. [Option ID = 45278]
2. Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
3. George P. Murdock [Option ID = 45276]
4. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45277]
Correct Answer :-
Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
The first Director of Anthropological Survey of India was
[Question ID = 18851]
1. S.C. Roy [Option ID = 45396]
2. N. K. Bose. [Option ID = 45395]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
4. G.S.Ghurye [Option ID = 45397]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
The Cross Cultural Cumulative Coding Center (The 5 C?s ) has been developed by
[Question ID = 18833]
1. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45323]
2. Franz Boas. [Option ID = 45324]
3. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45325]
Correct Answer :-
G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
The advisory committee for the revision of the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribal is also known as
[Question ID = 18861]
1. Ghurye committee [Option ID = 45438]
2. Shilu Ao committee [Option ID = 45437]
3. Elwin committee [Option ID = 45436]
4. Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
Correct Answer :-
Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
The period referring to the process of growth from birth up to 28 days of life is-
[Question ID = 18837]
1. Postnatal [Option ID = 45339]
2. Infancy [Option ID = 45340]
3. Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
4. Prenatal [Option ID = 45341]
Correct Answer :-
Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
The book ?Homo Hierarchicus? is authored by
[Question ID = 18791]
1. Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
2. M.N.Srinivas [Option ID = 45156]
3. G.S. Ghurye [Option ID = 45158]
4. Gerald Berreman [Option ID = 45157]
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77)
Correct Answer :-
Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
The study of methods under social control directed towards improving the hereditary constitution of future human generations is
[Question ID = 18847]
1. Ergonomics [Option ID = 45382]
2. Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
3. Genetics [Option ID = 45379]
4. Physiology [Option ID = 45381]
Correct Answer :-
Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
The energy giving foods which include starch of cereals and sugar from sugarcane and fruits are-
[Question ID = 18829]
1. Vitamins [Option ID = 45310]
2. Proteins [Option ID = 45308]
3. Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
4. Minerals [Option ID = 45309]
Correct Answer :-
Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
The mixture of homozygous and heterozygous genes of a population in a state of equilibrium is called:
[Question ID = 18878]
1. Multiple alleles [Option ID = 45505]
2. Transient polymorphism [Option ID = 45504]
3. Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
4. Genetic equilibrium. [Option ID = 45506]
Correct Answer :-
Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
The classical definition of culture by E. B. Tylor appeared in the year
[Question ID = 18830]
1. 1871 [Option ID = 45313]
2. 1879 [Option ID = 45311]
3. 1870 [Option ID = 45312]
4. 1872 [Option ID = 45314]
Correct Answer :-
1871 [Option ID = 45313]
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with
[Question ID = 18811]
1. Economic development and educational opportunities for Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45238]
2. Atrocities and crime against Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45237]
3. Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
4. Reservation for the Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45235]
Correct Answer :-
Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
The idea of ?original affluent society? for hunting and gathering subsistence was proposed by
[Question ID = 18840]
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1. Leslie A. White [Option ID = 45351]
2. Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
3. Roy Rappaport [Option ID = 45353]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45352]
Correct Answer :-
Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
The concept ?Tribal-Rajput continuum? was given by
[Question ID = 18841]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45357]
2. L. P. Vidyarthi [Option ID = 45356]
3. B. S. Guha [Option ID = 45358]
4. Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
Correct Answer :-
Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
The concept ?modal personality? was popularized by
[Question ID = 18831]
1. Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
2. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45317]
3. Geoffrey Gorer [Option ID = 45318]
4. Cora Dubois [Option ID = 45315]
Correct Answer :-
Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
The concept of ?social network? was first used by
[Question ID = 18860]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45432]
2. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45434]
3. John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
4. Kluckhohn [Option ID = 45433]
Correct Answer :-
John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
The concept of ?complimentary filiations? was given by
[Question ID = 18881]
1. Raymond Firth [Option ID = 45518]
2. Evans-Pritchard [Option ID = 45516]
3. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45517]
4. Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
Correct Answer :-
Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
The concept of folk-urban continuum was proposed by
[Question ID = 18852]
1. Teodor Shanin [Option ID = 45400]
2. Eric R. Wolf [Option ID = 45399]
3. Milton Singer [Option ID = 45402]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
Correct Answer :-
Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
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88)
The distinction between general and specific evolution was given by
[Question ID = 18872]
1. Leslie White [Option ID = 45479]
2. Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
3. Marshall Sahlins [Option ID = 45481]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45482]
Correct Answer :-
Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
The first Alpine glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18874]
1. Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
2. Wurm [Option ID = 45489]
3. Riss [Option ID = 45488]
4. Mindel [Option ID = 45487]
Correct Answer :-
Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
The teaching of anthropology first began at
[Question ID = 18843]
1. University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
2. University of Madras [Option ID = 45363]
3. University of Delhi [Option ID = 45365]
4. University of Lucknow [Option ID = 45366]
Correct Answer :-
University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
The Blade tools were prepared by
[Question ID = 18855]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
2. Stone hammer technique [Option ID = 45412]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45414]
4. Cylinder hammer technique [Option ID = 45411]
Correct Answer :-
Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
The term Gemeinschaft refers to
[Question ID = 18793]
1. Association [Option ID = 45165]
2. Institution [Option ID = 45166]
3. Society [Option ID = 45164]
4. Community [Option ID = 45163]
Correct Answer :-
Community [Option ID = 45163]
The average cranial capacity of Homo erectus ranges from:
[Question ID = 18868]
1. 895-1040cc [Option ID = 45463]
2. 1200-1350cc. [Option ID = 45466]
3. 1120-1310cc [Option ID = 45465]
4. 1050-1200cc [Option ID = 45464]
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94)
Correct Answer :-
895-1040cc [Option ID = 45463]
The method in which measurements are repeatedly done on the same individual or group or individuals at definite age intervals is-
[Question ID = 18836]
1. Longitudinal study [Option ID = 62613]
2. Cross-sectional study [Option ID = 45335]
3. Semi longitudinal [Option ID = 45338]
4. Mixed longitudinal [Option ID = 45337]
Correct Answer :-
Semi longitudinal [Option ID = 45338]
The author of the book Encounter with Anthropology is:
[Question ID = 18803]
1. Claude L?vi-Strauss [Option ID = 45203]
2. Bronislaw Malinowski [Option ID = 45205]
3. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45206]
4. Robin Fox [Option ID = 45204]
Correct Answer :-
Robin Fox [Option ID = 45204]
The term ?habitus? was given by
[Question ID = 18880]
1. Edward Sapir [Option ID = 45513]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45512]
3. Pierre Bourdieu [Option ID = 45511]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45514]
Correct Answer :-
Pierre Bourdieu [Option ID = 45511]
The term ?thick description? in anthropology is associated with
[Question ID = 18871]
1. Marvin Harris [Option ID = 45478]
2. Clifford Geertz [Option ID = 48535]
3. Levi-Strauss [Option ID = 45475]
4. Roland Barthes [Option ID = 45477]
Correct Answer :-
Clifford Geertz [Option ID = 48535]
The fossil remains of Ramapithecus in India was discovered from the:
[Question ID = 18858]
1. Devagiri Hills [Option ID = 45425]
2. Siwalik Hills [Option ID = 45424]
3. Bateshwar Hills [Option ID = 45426]
4. Nilgiri Hills [Option ID = 45423]
Correct Answer :-
Siwalik Hills [Option ID = 45424]
The communities having matrilineal descent is found in
[Question ID = 18850]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
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3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
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1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
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1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
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36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
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[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
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Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
55)
56)
57)
58)
59)
60)
1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
61)
62)
63)
64)
65)
1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
66)
67)
68)
69)
70)
71)
The famous ?Fox Project? was guided by
[Question ID = 18821]
1. Marvin Harris. [Option ID = 45278]
2. Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
3. George P. Murdock [Option ID = 45276]
4. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45277]
Correct Answer :-
Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
The first Director of Anthropological Survey of India was
[Question ID = 18851]
1. S.C. Roy [Option ID = 45396]
2. N. K. Bose. [Option ID = 45395]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
4. G.S.Ghurye [Option ID = 45397]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
The Cross Cultural Cumulative Coding Center (The 5 C?s ) has been developed by
[Question ID = 18833]
1. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45323]
2. Franz Boas. [Option ID = 45324]
3. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45325]
Correct Answer :-
G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
The advisory committee for the revision of the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribal is also known as
[Question ID = 18861]
1. Ghurye committee [Option ID = 45438]
2. Shilu Ao committee [Option ID = 45437]
3. Elwin committee [Option ID = 45436]
4. Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
Correct Answer :-
Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
The period referring to the process of growth from birth up to 28 days of life is-
[Question ID = 18837]
1. Postnatal [Option ID = 45339]
2. Infancy [Option ID = 45340]
3. Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
4. Prenatal [Option ID = 45341]
Correct Answer :-
Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
The book ?Homo Hierarchicus? is authored by
[Question ID = 18791]
1. Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
2. M.N.Srinivas [Option ID = 45156]
3. G.S. Ghurye [Option ID = 45158]
4. Gerald Berreman [Option ID = 45157]
72)
73)
74)
75)
76)
77)
Correct Answer :-
Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
The study of methods under social control directed towards improving the hereditary constitution of future human generations is
[Question ID = 18847]
1. Ergonomics [Option ID = 45382]
2. Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
3. Genetics [Option ID = 45379]
4. Physiology [Option ID = 45381]
Correct Answer :-
Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
The energy giving foods which include starch of cereals and sugar from sugarcane and fruits are-
[Question ID = 18829]
1. Vitamins [Option ID = 45310]
2. Proteins [Option ID = 45308]
3. Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
4. Minerals [Option ID = 45309]
Correct Answer :-
Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
The mixture of homozygous and heterozygous genes of a population in a state of equilibrium is called:
[Question ID = 18878]
1. Multiple alleles [Option ID = 45505]
2. Transient polymorphism [Option ID = 45504]
3. Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
4. Genetic equilibrium. [Option ID = 45506]
Correct Answer :-
Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
The classical definition of culture by E. B. Tylor appeared in the year
[Question ID = 18830]
1. 1871 [Option ID = 45313]
2. 1879 [Option ID = 45311]
3. 1870 [Option ID = 45312]
4. 1872 [Option ID = 45314]
Correct Answer :-
1871 [Option ID = 45313]
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with
[Question ID = 18811]
1. Economic development and educational opportunities for Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45238]
2. Atrocities and crime against Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45237]
3. Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
4. Reservation for the Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45235]
Correct Answer :-
Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
The idea of ?original affluent society? for hunting and gathering subsistence was proposed by
[Question ID = 18840]
78)
79)
80)
81)
82)
1. Leslie A. White [Option ID = 45351]
2. Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
3. Roy Rappaport [Option ID = 45353]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45352]
Correct Answer :-
Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
The concept ?Tribal-Rajput continuum? was given by
[Question ID = 18841]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45357]
2. L. P. Vidyarthi [Option ID = 45356]
3. B. S. Guha [Option ID = 45358]
4. Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
Correct Answer :-
Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
The concept ?modal personality? was popularized by
[Question ID = 18831]
1. Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
2. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45317]
3. Geoffrey Gorer [Option ID = 45318]
4. Cora Dubois [Option ID = 45315]
Correct Answer :-
Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
The concept of ?social network? was first used by
[Question ID = 18860]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45432]
2. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45434]
3. John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
4. Kluckhohn [Option ID = 45433]
Correct Answer :-
John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
The concept of ?complimentary filiations? was given by
[Question ID = 18881]
1. Raymond Firth [Option ID = 45518]
2. Evans-Pritchard [Option ID = 45516]
3. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45517]
4. Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
Correct Answer :-
Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
The concept of folk-urban continuum was proposed by
[Question ID = 18852]
1. Teodor Shanin [Option ID = 45400]
2. Eric R. Wolf [Option ID = 45399]
3. Milton Singer [Option ID = 45402]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
Correct Answer :-
Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
83)
84)
85)
86)
87)
88)
The distinction between general and specific evolution was given by
[Question ID = 18872]
1. Leslie White [Option ID = 45479]
2. Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
3. Marshall Sahlins [Option ID = 45481]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45482]
Correct Answer :-
Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
The first Alpine glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18874]
1. Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
2. Wurm [Option ID = 45489]
3. Riss [Option ID = 45488]
4. Mindel [Option ID = 45487]
Correct Answer :-
Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
The teaching of anthropology first began at
[Question ID = 18843]
1. University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
2. University of Madras [Option ID = 45363]
3. University of Delhi [Option ID = 45365]
4. University of Lucknow [Option ID = 45366]
Correct Answer :-
University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
The Blade tools were prepared by
[Question ID = 18855]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
2. Stone hammer technique [Option ID = 45412]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45414]
4. Cylinder hammer technique [Option ID = 45411]
Correct Answer :-
Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
The term Gemeinschaft refers to
[Question ID = 18793]
1. Association [Option ID = 45165]
2. Institution [Option ID = 45166]
3. Society [Option ID = 45164]
4. Community [Option ID = 45163]
Correct Answer :-
Community [Option ID = 45163]
The average cranial capacity of Homo erectus ranges from:
[Question ID = 18868]
1. 895-1040cc [Option ID = 45463]
2. 1200-1350cc. [Option ID = 45466]
3. 1120-1310cc [Option ID = 45465]
4. 1050-1200cc [Option ID = 45464]
89)
90)
91)
92)
93)
94)
Correct Answer :-
895-1040cc [Option ID = 45463]
The method in which measurements are repeatedly done on the same individual or group or individuals at definite age intervals is-
[Question ID = 18836]
1. Longitudinal study [Option ID = 62613]
2. Cross-sectional study [Option ID = 45335]
3. Semi longitudinal [Option ID = 45338]
4. Mixed longitudinal [Option ID = 45337]
Correct Answer :-
Semi longitudinal [Option ID = 45338]
The author of the book Encounter with Anthropology is:
[Question ID = 18803]
1. Claude L?vi-Strauss [Option ID = 45203]
2. Bronislaw Malinowski [Option ID = 45205]
3. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45206]
4. Robin Fox [Option ID = 45204]
Correct Answer :-
Robin Fox [Option ID = 45204]
The term ?habitus? was given by
[Question ID = 18880]
1. Edward Sapir [Option ID = 45513]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45512]
3. Pierre Bourdieu [Option ID = 45511]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45514]
Correct Answer :-
Pierre Bourdieu [Option ID = 45511]
The term ?thick description? in anthropology is associated with
[Question ID = 18871]
1. Marvin Harris [Option ID = 45478]
2. Clifford Geertz [Option ID = 48535]
3. Levi-Strauss [Option ID = 45475]
4. Roland Barthes [Option ID = 45477]
Correct Answer :-
Clifford Geertz [Option ID = 48535]
The fossil remains of Ramapithecus in India was discovered from the:
[Question ID = 18858]
1. Devagiri Hills [Option ID = 45425]
2. Siwalik Hills [Option ID = 45424]
3. Bateshwar Hills [Option ID = 45426]
4. Nilgiri Hills [Option ID = 45423]
Correct Answer :-
Siwalik Hills [Option ID = 45424]
The communities having matrilineal descent is found in
[Question ID = 18850]
95)
96)
97)
98)
99)
100)
1. Tripura [Option ID = 45392]
2. Meghalaya [Option ID = 45393]
3. Nagaland [Option ID = 45394]
4. Andaman Islands. [Option ID = 45391]
Correct Answer :-
Meghalaya [Option ID = 45393]
The norm whereby a couple joins the residence of bride?s father?s sister is called
[Question ID = 18869]
1. Uxorilocal [Option ID = 45467]
2. Amitalocal [Option ID = 45468]
3. Virilocal [Option ID = 45469]
4. Ambilocal [Option ID = 45470]
Correct Answer :-
Amitalocal [Option ID = 45468]
Phenomenon of Canalization was described by
[Question ID = 18787]
1. J.M Tanner [Option ID = 45140]
2. Barry Bogin [Option ID = 45142]
3. C.H Waddington [Option ID = 45139]
4. Ernst Haeckel [Option ID = 45141]
Correct Answer :-
C.H Waddington [Option ID = 45139]
The first Prehistoric tool was found at [Question ID = 18796]
1. Pallavaram [Option ID = 45176]
2. Adamgarh [Option ID = 45177]
3. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45178]
4. Kondapeta [Option ID = 45175]
Correct Answer :-
Pallavaram [Option ID = 45176]
Angle of the Clactonian Flake is [Question ID = 18816]
1. More than 45 degree [Option ID = 45258]
2. More than 90 degree [Option ID = 45256]
3. Less than 45 degree [Option ID = 45257]
4. Less than 90 degree [Option ID = 45255]
Correct Answer :-
More than 90 degree [Option ID = 45256]
One of the distinct characteristics of Prosimians is:
[Question ID = 18875]
1. Absence of tail [Option ID = 45494]
2. High degree of colour vision [Option ID = 45493]
3. Highly evolved brain [Option ID = 45492]
4. Highly developed sense of smell [Option ID = 45491]
Correct Answer :-
Highly developed sense of smell [Option ID = 45491]
One of the distinct characteristic of Prosimians is:
[Question ID = 30658]
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Increased labour investment in agriculture with no increase in per capita productivity is called as
[Question ID = 18814]
1. Agricultural recession [Option ID = 45250]
2. Agricultural stagnation [Option ID = 45247]
3. Agricultural relegation [Option ID = 45248]
4. Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Correct Answer :-
Agricultural involution [Option ID = 45249]
Which of the following is a hominid?
[Question ID = 18857]
1. Chimpanzee [Option ID = 45421]
2. Human [Option ID = 45422]
3. Macaque [Option ID = 45419]
4. Baboon [Option ID = 45420]
Correct Answer :-
Human [Option ID = 45422]
Which rule says that the best suited human body for a hot, tropical region would be one with long limbs and short trunk?
[Question ID = 18827]
1. Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
2. Thompson?s rule [Option ID = 45302]
3. Gloger?s rule [Option ID = 45301]
4. Bergman?s rule [Option ID = 45300]
Correct Answer :-
Allen?s rule [Option ID = 45299]
Which Australopithecus fossil was nicknamed as Lucy?
[Question ID = 18867]
1. Australopithecus africanus [Option ID = 45459]
2. Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
3. Australopithecus anamensis [Option ID = 45460]
4. Australopithecus robustus [Option ID = 45461]
Correct Answer :-
Australopithecus afarensis [Option ID = 45462]
Which among the following does not constitute the elementary form of exchange?
[Question ID = 18820]
1. Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
2. Exchange of women [Option ID = 45271]
3. Exchange of money [Option ID = 45272]
4. Exchange of messages [Option ID = 45273]
Correct Answer :-
Exchange of goods [Option ID = 45274]
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7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
Which prehistoric site is known as Mode I Industry?
[Question ID = 18835]
1. Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
2. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45331]
3. Tautavel [Option ID = 45332]
4. Somme valley [Option ID = 45334]
Correct Answer :-
Pirro Nord [Option ID = 45333]
Any quantitative increase in body size is known as [Question ID = 18788]
1. Development [Option ID = 45144]
2. Maturation [Option ID = 45146]
3. Differentiation [Option ID = 45145]
4. Growth [Option ID = 45143]
Correct Answer :-
Growth [Option ID = 45143]
The highest point on the head is known as [Question ID = 18807]
1. Opisthocranion [Option ID = 45222]
2. Bregma [Option ID = 45220]
3. Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
4. Lambda [Option ID = 45219]
Correct Answer :-
Vertex [Option ID = 45221]
Autosomes are
[Question ID = 18826]
1. Normal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45296]
2. Abnormal sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45298]
3. Abnormal chromosomes [Option ID = 45297]
4. All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
Correct Answer :-
All chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes [Option ID = 45295]
?Puberty spurt? occurs in which one of the following stages of human growth [Question ID = 18798]
1. Infancy [Option ID = 45183]
2. Childhood [Option ID = 45185]
3. Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
4. Adulthood [Option ID = 45184]
Correct Answer :-
Adolescence [Option ID = 45186]
Potlatch is associated with [Question ID = 18802]
1. Iroquois [Option ID = 45201]
2. Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
3. Shoshonean [Option ID = 45202]
4. Arapesh [Option ID = 45200]
Correct Answer :-
Kwakiutl [Option ID = 45199]
Oldowan culture is dominated by
[Question ID = 18824]
1. Blade tools [Option ID = 45288]
2. Flake tools [Option ID = 45289]
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
3. Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
4. Microlithic tools [Option ID = 45290]
Correct Answer :-
Pebble tools [Option ID = 45287]
A higher fortified part of a city is called
[Question ID = 18823]
1. metropolis [Option ID = 45284]
2. megapolis [Option ID = 45285]
3. acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
4. necropolis [Option ID = 45286]
Correct Answer :-
acropolis [Option ID = 45283]
Yale Cambridge expedition to the Sohan Valley was led by
[Question ID = 18795]
1. R. B. Foote and V.D. Krishnaswamy [Option ID = 45171]
2. G. R. Sharma and V.D. Mishra [Option ID = 45174]
3. H. D. Sankalia and B. Subba Rao [Option ID = 45173]
4. H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Correct Answer :-
H. De. Terra and T. T. Paterson [Option ID = 45172]
Two nuclear families in adjacent generations with one son/husband or daughter/wife who is a member of both the families is called a
[Question ID = 18870]
1. lineal family [Option ID = 45471]
2. supplemented nuclear family [Option ID = 45474]
3. stem family [Option ID = 45473]
4. compound family [Option ID = 45472]
Correct Answer :-
stem family [Option ID = 45473]
The lack, excess or imbalance of nutrients in the diet leading to ill health is known as [Question ID = 18790]
1. Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
2. Over nutrition [Option ID = 45151]
3. Under nutrition [Option ID = 45152]
4. Marasmus [Option ID = 45154]
Correct Answer :-
Malnutrition [Option ID = 45153]
Holocene starts around
[Question ID = 18834]
1. 20,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45329]
2. 12,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45328]
3. 14,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45330]
4. 10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
Correct Answer :-
10,000 B.P. [Option ID = 45327]
According to Levi-Strauss which of the following constitute one of the ?atoms of kinship? relationship?
[Question ID = 18879]
19)
20)
21)
22)
23)
24)
1. mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
2. mother-daughter [Option ID = 45508]
3. father-son [Option ID = 45509]
4. father-daughter [Option ID = 45510]
Correct Answer :-
mother-son [Option ID = 45507]
A karyotype is a:
[Question ID = 18819]
1. Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
2. Type of abnormal chromosome that is associated with Down's syndrome [Option ID = 45268]
3. General term for any type of chromosome [Option ID = 45267]
4. General term for sex chromosome [Option ID = 45270]
Correct Answer :-
Picture of an individual's chromosomes arranged in a standardized way [Option ID = 45269]
Theodicy is an
[Question ID = 18882]
1. attempt to explain theocracy [Option ID = 45521]
2. attempt to explain good [Option ID = 45519]
3. attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
4. attempt to explain lie and deceit [Option ID = 45522]
Correct Answer :-
attempt to explain evil [Option ID = 45520]
The word ?Somatotype? was coined by [Question ID = 18797]
1. Faulkner [Option ID = 45182]
2. Sheldon [Option ID = 45180]
3. Parnell [Option ID = 45181]
4. Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Correct Answer :-
Heath and Carter [Option ID = 45179]
Substantivism as an approach in economic anthropology was given by
[Question ID = 18853]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45406]
2. Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
3. Oscar Lewis [Option ID = 45403]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 62620]
Correct Answer :-
Karl Polanyi [Option ID = 45405]
?Genetics and the Origin of Species? was written by :
[Question ID = 18859]
1. Thomas Malthus. [Option ID = 45430]
2. Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
3. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45427]
4. T. H. Morgan [Option ID = 45429]
Correct Answer :-
Theodosius Dobzhansky [Option ID = 45428]
The ability of the living organisms to survive in a particular ecological set up is called [Question ID = 18809]
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
1. Acclimation [Option ID = 45228]
2. Acclimatisation [Option ID = 45229]
3. Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
4. Selection [Option ID = 45230]
Correct Answer :-
Adaptation [Option ID = 45227]
___________is the physiological ability to reproduce an offspring.
[Question ID = 18876]
1. Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
2. Fertility [Option ID = 45495]
3. Virility [Option ID = 45498]
4. Natality [Option ID = 45497]
Correct Answer :-
Fecundity [Option ID = 45496]
Charles Darwin's ideas concerning the causes of evolution were probably formulated in his mind
[Question ID = 18817]
1. During the late 1880's [Option ID = 45262]
2. During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
3. Before he began his voyage of exploration around the world on H.M.S. Beagle [Option ID = 45260]
4. While he was still a student at Cambridge University [Option ID = 45259]
Correct Answer :-
During his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, especially after he reached the Gal?pagos Islands [Option ID = 45261]
First Himalayan Glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18884]
1. Terrace I [Option ID = 45530]
2. Pinjaur [Option ID = 45527]
3. Boulder conglomerate [Option ID = 45529]
4. Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
Correct Answer :-
Tatrot [Option ID = 45528]
The author of the book Hindus of the Himalayas is [Question ID = 18812]
1. S.C. Dube [Option ID = 45241]
2. D.N. Majumdar [Option ID = 45242]
3. B. K. Roy-Burman [Option ID = 45240]
4. G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Correct Answer :-
G.D. Berreman [Option ID = 45239]
Who proposed the ?Three Age System? in pre-history?
[Question ID = 18883]
1. C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
2. B. M. Fagan [Option ID = 45523]
3. H.D.Sankalia [Option ID = 45524]
4. F. Borde [Option ID = 45526]
Correct Answer :-
C. J. Thomsen [Option ID = 45525]
Who among the following worked on the complicity between colonial agencies and Anthropologists?
31)
32)
33)
34)
35)
36)
[Question ID = 18801]
1. Ibn Khaldun [Option ID = 45196]
2. Akbar Ahmed [Option ID = 45197]
3. Ralf Linto [Option ID = 45198]
4. Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Correct Answer :-
Talal Asad [Option ID = 45195]
Who is the author of the book ?The Old Stone Age??
[Question ID = 18854]
1. M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
2. J. N. Pal [Option ID = 45408]
3. P.C. Pant [Option ID = 45409]
4. H. De Lumley [Option ID = 45410]
Correct Answer :-
M.C. Burkitt [Option ID = 45407]
Who included the Proto-Australoid racial element in the classification of Indian races?
[Question ID = 18866]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45456]
2. H.H. Risley [Option ID = 45455]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
4. A.C. Haddon [Option ID = 45457]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45458]
In which State is the site Isampur located?
[Question ID = 18815]
1. Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
2. Uttar Pradesh [Option ID = 45254]
3. Madhya Pradesh [Option ID = 45252]
4. Bihar [Option ID = 45251]
Correct Answer :-
Karnataka [Option ID = 45253]
The view of the skull from above is [Question ID = 18800]
1. Norma Basalis [Option ID = 45193]
2. Norma Occipitalis [Option ID = 45194]
3. Norma Frontalis [Option ID = 45192]
4. Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
Correct Answer :-
Norma Verticalis [Option ID = 45191]
?Childhood? is peculiar to [Question ID = 18789]
1. Nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45149]
2. Human and nonhuman primates [Option ID = 45147]
3. Humans [Option ID = 45148]
4. Mammals [Option ID = 45150]
Correct Answer :-
Humans [Option ID = 45148]
Children subjected to starvation for short periods may recover completely on getting adequate diet. This is referred to as
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
[Question ID = 18838]
1. Growth spurt [Option ID = 45346]
2. Catch down growth [Option ID = 45345]
3. Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
4. Canalization [Option ID = 45344]
Correct Answer :-
Catch-up growth [Option ID = 45343]
Attirampakkam is [Question ID = 18805]
1. Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45214]
3. Indus Valley Civilization site [Option ID = 45213]
4. Upper Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45212]
Correct Answer :-
Lower Paleolithic site [Option ID = 45211]
Shivering
[Question ID = 18828]
1. Has no effect on body heat [Option ID = 45306]
2. Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
3. Speeds up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45303]
4. Delays up the loss of body heat [Option ID = 45305]
Correct Answer :-
Indirectly produces more body heat [Option ID = 45304]
A deficiency disease of the skeletal system caused by a lack of Vitamin D or Calcium or both, and often resulting in bone deformities is
[Question ID = 18849]
1. Arthritis [Option ID = 45390]
2. Scurvy [Option ID = 45387]
3. Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
4. Osteoporosis [Option ID = 45388]
Correct Answer :-
Rickets [Option ID = 45389]
A deficiency disease caused due to severe lack of protein in diet among children is
[Question ID = 18856]
1. Anaemia [Option ID = 45418]
2. Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
3. Scurvy [Option ID = 45416]
4. Rickets [Option ID = 45415]
Correct Answer :-
Kwashiorkor [Option ID = 45417]
Samples of Dendrochronology is taken from which of the following?
[Question ID = 18873]
1. Lake [Option ID = 45483]
2. Tree [Option ID = 45486]
3. River [Option ID = 45484]
4. sea [Option ID = 45485]
Correct Answer :-
Tree [Option ID = 45486]
42)
43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
Swiddening is a form of
[Question ID = 18822]
1. terrace cultivation [Option ID = 45281]
2. intensive cultivation [Option ID = 45280]
3. commercial cultivation [Option ID = 45282]
4. slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Correct Answer :-
slash and burn cultivation [Option ID = 45279]
Osteology is the study of [Question ID = 18810]
1. The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
2. The human brain [Option ID = 45233]
3. Human survival strategies [Option ID = 45231]
4. Human languages [Option ID = 45232]
Correct Answer :-
The human skeleton [Option ID = 45234]
Extended Case Study method in anthropology is associated with the work of [Question ID = 18813]
1. Paul Radin [Option ID = 45246]
2. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45244]
3. Anthony Walker [Option ID = 45245]
4. Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Correct Answer :-
Max Gluckman [Option ID = 45243]
Celts are prepared by
[Question ID = 18863]
1. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45443]
2. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45444]
3. Pressure technique [Option ID = 45446]
4. Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Correct Answer :-
Grinding and polishing technique [Option ID = 45445]
Khallu is a form : [Question ID = 18792]
1. Fishing [Option ID = 45160]
2. Hunting [Option ID = 45159]
3. Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
4. Weaving [Option ID = 45162]
Correct Answer :-
Cropping [Option ID = 45161]
Lascaux is
[Question ID = 18844]
1. Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
2. Mesolithic site [Option ID = 45368]
3. Chalcolithic site [Option ID = 45369]
4. Neolithic site [Option ID = 45370]
Correct Answer :-
Cave art site [Option ID = 45367]
A social fact is not characterized by
[Question ID = 18862]
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
1. Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
2. Independent existence [Option ID = 45439]
3. Constraints [Option ID = 45442]
4. Exteriority [Option ID = 45440]
Correct Answer :-
Inheritance [Option ID = 45441]
Chopper and Chopping tool are
[Question ID = 18864]
1. blade tool [Option ID = 45447]
2. flake tool [Option ID = 45449]
3. core tool [Option ID = 45448]
4. Neolithic tools [Option ID = 45450]
Correct Answer :-
core tool [Option ID = 45448]
The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by: [Question ID = 19246]
1. Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
2. Darwin and Wallace [Option ID = 46976]
3. Lyell and Darwin [Option ID = 46975]
4. Lyell and Hutton [Option ID = 46978]
Correct Answer :-
Darwin and Lamarck [Option ID = 46977]
? Linea aspera? responsible for the erect posture in man is present in
[Question ID = 18846]
1. Anterior side of tibia [Option ID = 45376]
2. Anterior side of femur [Option ID = 45378]
3. Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
4. Medial side of fibula [Option ID = 45377]
Correct Answer :-
Posterior side of femur [Option ID = 45375]
?Purity and Danger? is associated with the work of
[Question ID = 18842]
1. M.N. Srinivas [Option ID = 45362]
2. Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
3. Victor Turner [Option ID = 45359]
4. Edmund R. Leach [Option ID = 45361]
Correct Answer :-
Mary Douglas [Option ID = 45360]
?Swaddling Hypothesis? was used by the
[Question ID = 18832]
1. Evolutionist [Option ID = 45320]
2. Conflict Theorist [Option ID = 45321]
3. Cultural Ecologist [Option ID = 45319]
4. Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Correct Answer :-
Cultural Personality Thinker [Option ID = 45322]
Trapeze is [Question ID = 18806]
55)
56)
57)
58)
59)
60)
1. Neolithic tool [Option ID = 45215]
2. Core tool [Option ID = 45216]
3. Flake tool [Option ID = 45217]
4. Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
Correct Answer :-
Microlithic tool [Option ID = 45218]
?Melanin? pigment is produced in our [Question ID = 18799]
1. Blood [Option ID = 45188]
2. Pancreas [Option ID = 45190]
3. Liver [Option ID = 45189]
4. Skin [Option ID = 45187]
Correct Answer :-
Skin [Option ID = 45187]
What is the earliest date of Indian Lower Paleolithic culture?
[Question ID = 18825]
1. 2.4 mya [Option ID = 45294]
2. 1.8 mya [Option ID = 45292]
3. 1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
4. 1.71 mya [Option ID = 45291]
Correct Answer :-
1.51 mya [Option ID = 45293]
Mutation Theory was proposed by:
[Question ID = 18865]
1. Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
2. Gregor Mendel. [Option ID = 45454]
3. August Weismann [Option ID = 45453]
4. R. A. Fischer [Option ID = 45452]
Correct Answer :-
Hugo de Vries [Option ID = 45451]
Gonadotropins are responsible for the growth of the-
[Question ID = 18839]
1. Whole body [Option ID = 45350]
2. Brain [Option ID = 45347]
3. Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
4. Immune system [Option ID = 45349]
Correct Answer :-
Ovaries and testis [Option ID = 45348]
Attempts to account for facts by means of general hypothesis or research questions is known as: [Question ID = 18794]
1. Phenomenology [Option ID = 45169]
2. Reduction [Option ID = 45170]
3. Induction [Option ID = 45167]
4. Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Correct Answer :-
Deduction [Option ID = 45168]
Someone experiencing physiological problems as a result of oxygen deprivation is
[Question ID = 18818]
61)
62)
63)
64)
65)
1. Polycythaemia [Option ID = 45263]
2. Hyperoxia [Option ID = 45266]
3. Barometric excess [Option ID = 45264]
4. Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Correct Answer :-
Hypoxia [Option ID = 45265]
Who gave the concept of ?the survival of the fittest?? [Question ID = 18808]
1. Hugo De Vries [Option ID = 45225]
2. Charles Darwin [Option ID = 45223]
3. Carl Correns [Option ID = 45226]
4. Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Correct Answer :-
Herbert Spencer [Option ID = 45224]
Prepared core technique is also known as
[Question ID = 18845]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45374]
2. Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45371]
4. Cylinder Hammer technique [Option ID = 45372]
Correct Answer :-
Levalloisian technique [Option ID = 45373]
A syndrome characterised by physiological, behavioural and mental defects that are due to the presence of an extra copy of the
chromosome 21 is
[Question ID = 18848]
1. Klinefelter syndrome [Option ID = 45385]
2. Marfan syndrome [Option ID = 45386]
3. Turner syndrome [Option ID = 45383]
4. Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
Correct Answer :-
Down syndrome [Option ID = 45384]
The statement "Animals are good to think with" is from
[Question ID = 18804]
1. Sherry B. Ortner [Option ID = 45209]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45210]
3. Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
4. Mellisa Liewyn-Davies [Option ID = 45207]
Correct Answer :-
Claude L?vi Strauss [Option ID = 45208]
The physiological process of being or becoming accustomed to a new physical environment is known as:
[Question ID = 18877]
1. Alteration [Option ID = 45502]
2. Adaptation [Option ID = 45501]
3. Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
4. Assimilation [Option ID = 45499]
Correct Answer :-
Acclimatization [Option ID = 45500]
66)
67)
68)
69)
70)
71)
The famous ?Fox Project? was guided by
[Question ID = 18821]
1. Marvin Harris. [Option ID = 45278]
2. Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
3. George P. Murdock [Option ID = 45276]
4. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45277]
Correct Answer :-
Sol Tax [Option ID = 45275]
The first Director of Anthropological Survey of India was
[Question ID = 18851]
1. S.C. Roy [Option ID = 45396]
2. N. K. Bose. [Option ID = 45395]
3. B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
4. G.S.Ghurye [Option ID = 45397]
Correct Answer :-
B.S. Guha [Option ID = 45398]
The Cross Cultural Cumulative Coding Center (The 5 C?s ) has been developed by
[Question ID = 18833]
1. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45323]
2. Franz Boas. [Option ID = 45324]
3. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45325]
Correct Answer :-
G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45326]
The advisory committee for the revision of the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribal is also known as
[Question ID = 18861]
1. Ghurye committee [Option ID = 45438]
2. Shilu Ao committee [Option ID = 45437]
3. Elwin committee [Option ID = 45436]
4. Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
Correct Answer :-
Lokur committee [Option ID = 45435]
The period referring to the process of growth from birth up to 28 days of life is-
[Question ID = 18837]
1. Postnatal [Option ID = 45339]
2. Infancy [Option ID = 45340]
3. Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
4. Prenatal [Option ID = 45341]
Correct Answer :-
Neo-natal [Option ID = 45342]
The book ?Homo Hierarchicus? is authored by
[Question ID = 18791]
1. Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
2. M.N.Srinivas [Option ID = 45156]
3. G.S. Ghurye [Option ID = 45158]
4. Gerald Berreman [Option ID = 45157]
72)
73)
74)
75)
76)
77)
Correct Answer :-
Louis Dumont [Option ID = 45155]
The study of methods under social control directed towards improving the hereditary constitution of future human generations is
[Question ID = 18847]
1. Ergonomics [Option ID = 45382]
2. Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
3. Genetics [Option ID = 45379]
4. Physiology [Option ID = 45381]
Correct Answer :-
Eugenics [Option ID = 45380]
The energy giving foods which include starch of cereals and sugar from sugarcane and fruits are-
[Question ID = 18829]
1. Vitamins [Option ID = 45310]
2. Proteins [Option ID = 45308]
3. Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
4. Minerals [Option ID = 45309]
Correct Answer :-
Carbohydrates [Option ID = 45307]
The mixture of homozygous and heterozygous genes of a population in a state of equilibrium is called:
[Question ID = 18878]
1. Multiple alleles [Option ID = 45505]
2. Transient polymorphism [Option ID = 45504]
3. Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
4. Genetic equilibrium. [Option ID = 45506]
Correct Answer :-
Balanced polymorphism [Option ID = 45503]
The classical definition of culture by E. B. Tylor appeared in the year
[Question ID = 18830]
1. 1871 [Option ID = 45313]
2. 1879 [Option ID = 45311]
3. 1870 [Option ID = 45312]
4. 1872 [Option ID = 45314]
Correct Answer :-
1871 [Option ID = 45313]
The Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India deals with
[Question ID = 18811]
1. Economic development and educational opportunities for Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45238]
2. Atrocities and crime against Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45237]
3. Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
4. Reservation for the Scheduled Tribes [Option ID = 45235]
Correct Answer :-
Administration of the Scheduled Areas [Option ID = 45236]
The idea of ?original affluent society? for hunting and gathering subsistence was proposed by
[Question ID = 18840]
78)
79)
80)
81)
82)
1. Leslie A. White [Option ID = 45351]
2. Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
3. Roy Rappaport [Option ID = 45353]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45352]
Correct Answer :-
Marshall D. Sahlins [Option ID = 45354]
The concept ?Tribal-Rajput continuum? was given by
[Question ID = 18841]
1. S.S. Sarkar [Option ID = 45357]
2. L. P. Vidyarthi [Option ID = 45356]
3. B. S. Guha [Option ID = 45358]
4. Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
Correct Answer :-
Surjit Sinha [Option ID = 45355]
The concept ?modal personality? was popularized by
[Question ID = 18831]
1. Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
2. Ruth Benedict [Option ID = 45317]
3. Geoffrey Gorer [Option ID = 45318]
4. Cora Dubois [Option ID = 45315]
Correct Answer :-
Abram Kardiner [Option ID = 45316]
The concept of ?social network? was first used by
[Question ID = 18860]
1. A. L. Kroeber [Option ID = 45432]
2. G. P. Murdock [Option ID = 45434]
3. John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
4. Kluckhohn [Option ID = 45433]
Correct Answer :-
John Barnes [Option ID = 45431]
The concept of ?complimentary filiations? was given by
[Question ID = 18881]
1. Raymond Firth [Option ID = 45518]
2. Evans-Pritchard [Option ID = 45516]
3. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45517]
4. Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
Correct Answer :-
Meyer Fortes [Option ID = 45515]
The concept of folk-urban continuum was proposed by
[Question ID = 18852]
1. Teodor Shanin [Option ID = 45400]
2. Eric R. Wolf [Option ID = 45399]
3. Milton Singer [Option ID = 45402]
4. Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
Correct Answer :-
Robert Redfield [Option ID = 45401]
83)
84)
85)
86)
87)
88)
The distinction between general and specific evolution was given by
[Question ID = 18872]
1. Leslie White [Option ID = 45479]
2. Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
3. Marshall Sahlins [Option ID = 45481]
4. Julian Steward [Option ID = 45482]
Correct Answer :-
Elman Service [Option ID = 45480]
The first Alpine glaciation is known as
[Question ID = 18874]
1. Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
2. Wurm [Option ID = 45489]
3. Riss [Option ID = 45488]
4. Mindel [Option ID = 45487]
Correct Answer :-
Gunz [Option ID = 45490]
The teaching of anthropology first began at
[Question ID = 18843]
1. University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
2. University of Madras [Option ID = 45363]
3. University of Delhi [Option ID = 45365]
4. University of Lucknow [Option ID = 45366]
Correct Answer :-
University of Calcutta [Option ID = 45364]
The Blade tools were prepared by
[Question ID = 18855]
1. Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
2. Stone hammer technique [Option ID = 45412]
3. Clactonian technique [Option ID = 45414]
4. Cylinder hammer technique [Option ID = 45411]
Correct Answer :-
Punching technique [Option ID = 45413]
The term Gemeinschaft refers to
[Question ID = 18793]
1. Association [Option ID = 45165]
2. Institution [Option ID = 45166]
3. Society [Option ID = 45164]
4. Community [Option ID = 45163]
Correct Answer :-
Community [Option ID = 45163]
The average cranial capacity of Homo erectus ranges from:
[Question ID = 18868]
1. 895-1040cc [Option ID = 45463]
2. 1200-1350cc. [Option ID = 45466]
3. 1120-1310cc [Option ID = 45465]
4. 1050-1200cc [Option ID = 45464]
89)
90)
91)
92)
93)
94)
Correct Answer :-
895-1040cc [Option ID = 45463]
The method in which measurements are repeatedly done on the same individual or group or individuals at definite age intervals is-
[Question ID = 18836]
1. Longitudinal study [Option ID = 62613]
2. Cross-sectional study [Option ID = 45335]
3. Semi longitudinal [Option ID = 45338]
4. Mixed longitudinal [Option ID = 45337]
Correct Answer :-
Semi longitudinal [Option ID = 45338]
The author of the book Encounter with Anthropology is:
[Question ID = 18803]
1. Claude L?vi-Strauss [Option ID = 45203]
2. Bronislaw Malinowski [Option ID = 45205]
3. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown [Option ID = 45206]
4. Robin Fox [Option ID = 45204]
Correct Answer :-
Robin Fox [Option ID = 45204]
The term ?habitus? was given by
[Question ID = 18880]
1. Edward Sapir [Option ID = 45513]
2. Margaret Mead [Option ID = 45512]
3. Pierre Bourdieu [Option ID = 45511]
4. Jack Goody [Option ID = 45514]
Correct Answer :-
Pierre Bourdieu [Option ID = 45511]
The term ?thick description? in anthropology is associated with
[Question ID = 18871]
1. Marvin Harris [Option ID = 45478]
2. Clifford Geertz [Option ID = 48535]
3. Levi-Strauss [Option ID = 45475]
4. Roland Barthes [Option ID = 45477]
Correct Answer :-
Clifford Geertz [Option ID = 48535]
The fossil remains of Ramapithecus in India was discovered from the:
[Question ID = 18858]
1. Devagiri Hills [Option ID = 45425]
2. Siwalik Hills [Option ID = 45424]
3. Bateshwar Hills [Option ID = 45426]
4. Nilgiri Hills [Option ID = 45423]
Correct Answer :-
Siwalik Hills [Option ID = 45424]
The communities having matrilineal descent is found in
[Question ID = 18850]
95)
96)
97)
98)
99)
100)
1. Tripura [Option ID = 45392]
2. Meghalaya [Option ID = 45393]
3. Nagaland [Option ID = 45394]
4. Andaman Islands. [Option ID = 45391]
Correct Answer :-
Meghalaya [Option ID = 45393]
The norm whereby a couple joins the residence of bride?s father?s sister is called
[Question ID = 18869]
1. Uxorilocal [Option ID = 45467]
2. Amitalocal [Option ID = 45468]
3. Virilocal [Option ID = 45469]
4. Ambilocal [Option ID = 45470]
Correct Answer :-
Amitalocal [Option ID = 45468]
Phenomenon of Canalization was described by
[Question ID = 18787]
1. J.M Tanner [Option ID = 45140]
2. Barry Bogin [Option ID = 45142]
3. C.H Waddington [Option ID = 45139]
4. Ernst Haeckel [Option ID = 45141]
Correct Answer :-
C.H Waddington [Option ID = 45139]
The first Prehistoric tool was found at [Question ID = 18796]
1. Pallavaram [Option ID = 45176]
2. Adamgarh [Option ID = 45177]
3. Hunsgi [Option ID = 45178]
4. Kondapeta [Option ID = 45175]
Correct Answer :-
Pallavaram [Option ID = 45176]
Angle of the Clactonian Flake is [Question ID = 18816]
1. More than 45 degree [Option ID = 45258]
2. More than 90 degree [Option ID = 45256]
3. Less than 45 degree [Option ID = 45257]
4. Less than 90 degree [Option ID = 45255]
Correct Answer :-
More than 90 degree [Option ID = 45256]
One of the distinct characteristics of Prosimians is:
[Question ID = 18875]
1. Absence of tail [Option ID = 45494]
2. High degree of colour vision [Option ID = 45493]
3. Highly evolved brain [Option ID = 45492]
4. Highly developed sense of smell [Option ID = 45491]
Correct Answer :-
Highly developed sense of smell [Option ID = 45491]
One of the distinct characteristic of Prosimians is:
[Question ID = 30658]
1. Hingly evolved brain [Option ID = 62625]
2. Hingly developed sense of smell [Option ID = 62624]
3. Absence of tail [Option ID = 62627]
4. Highly degree of colour vision [Option ID = 62626]
Correct Answer :-
Hingly developed sense of smell [Option ID = 62624]
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